72 NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT Coracobrachialis MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE Biceps Brachialis Figure 3.23 The musculocutaneous (A), axillary and radial (B) nerves of the upper limb and the muscles that each supplies. (From Medical Research Council 1976, with permission.)PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 73 AXILLARY NERVE Dettoia eres minor Triceps, long head Triceps, lateral head Triceps, medial head —— RAvIAL NERVE Brechioracialis — Extensor carpi radials longus Extensor carp radials brevis Supinator — POSTERIOR INTEROSSEQUS NERVE Extensor carpi ulnaris ————| Extensor aigitorum Extensor digit minim Abductor pollicis tongue Extensor policis longus Extensor pollicis brevis Extensor indicis Figure 3.23 (cont) ic tests (Ghacklock 1995). Some of these tests have developed _by several therapists (Elvey 1985, been used by the medical profession for over 100 Maitland 1986, Butler 1991). A summary of the years (Dyck 1984), but they have been more fully _ tests is given here, but further details of the theo-74 NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT MEDIAN NERVE Pronator teres Flexor carpi radials Palmaris longus Flexor digitorum supertcialis ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NEAVE Flexor digitorum profundus & Flexor policis longus Pronator quadratus ‘Abductor pollicis brevis Flexor pollicis brevis Opponens pollicis tet lumbrical 2nd lumbrical Figure 3.24 Diagram of the median (A) and ulnar (B) nerves of the upper limb and the muscies that each supplies. (From Medical Research Council 1976, with permission.) retical aspects of these tests and how the tests are cian can also palpate the nerve with and without performed can be found in Butler (1991). In addi- the nerve under tension; details are given later in tion to the length tests described below, the clini- the section on palpation.